How to Draw for Beginners -A Step by step Guide

Create a sense of depth by shading in a shape. Draw a simple shape, like a circle, and add an imaginary light source to your page. Use a pencil to lightly shade in the areas farthest from your light source, while leaving the are
a closest to the light source unshaded. Keep building up the shading until you have a gentle fade running from the darkest parts of the object to the lightest area which is closest to the light source.[2]
You might imagine that there's a lamp shining down from the top left corner of the page. In that case, the top-left area of any shape you draw wouldn't have any shading.
Try blending your shadows with your finger, an eraser, or a cloth to soften them.
When you’re ready for more advanced shading techniques, try to learn cross-hatching and stippling.
Make an object seem grounded in reality by adding cast shadows. Picture your light source, then draw a shadow on the opposite side of the object from the light. Keep the shadow the same shape as the object, although it may be longer or shorter than the object itself depending on how far away the light source is.[3]
For instance, if you have a bowl of fruit on a table, the table will cast a shadow on the floor, the bowl will cast a shadow on the table, and the fruit will cast a shadow inside the bowl.
Use your finger or an eraser to blur the edges of the shadow so it looks more realistic.